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Piano Concerto No. 3 / Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven, Wilhelm Backhaus, Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

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Release Date: 1965

Label: Decca

Mid-1960s reissue (new -3W/-5W cut).

Labelography ED2
'Made in England' not Original Recording....' around circumference. Also a much later Cover/Sleeve
Cover, Label & Tax Code KT date the Release (Not the Pressing Date) date of this issue from at lease 1965

Labels:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "Made in England" at 11 o'clock
- "Copyright Control" on side 1 only
- Decca 'Musical Notes" logo on side 2 only
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

Sleeve:
- Front laminated
- Triangular "Decca stereophonic" logo in a box on front
- Thin spine with no text on it
- "Cover shows the portrait of Beethoven painted in 1806 by Neugass for Prince Carl Lichnowsky"
- "Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited"
- "Printed in England by Robert Stace"
- Sleeve notes in English on back
- No printing date on back of sleeve

Catalog number locations:
- SXL 2190 on sleeve
- SXL.2190 on labels

Runouts:
- Runouts are stamped

Additional information:
- Recorded 22 - 27 October 1958 in the Sofiensaal, Vienna
- No corresponding mono issue, but released in mono on two separate 10-inch records
- Sub tracks are not banded on vinyl